foggy
5 year old buck +
John Deere # 71 Planters are a versatile unit planter that can plant a wide variety of seeds. When set on a three point hitch, in one, two or three row configuratrions.....they can make a great food plot planter. Here is my experience with this planter.
I bought a used John Deere # 71 planter (two 30" rows) which was rigged for a three point hitch. Not knowing much about planters......it pays to check for a few things....as I discovered. The planter I bought was missing extra change gears (spockets) to change the seed drop rate. Those are normally found inside the housing where the chain drives the press wheel....my extra sprockets were missing. I also purchased some "plates" for proper soybean planting.
I also printed a manual for the 71 planter from the Yetter site (they made the planters for JD and still make the identical units) The most expensive part was to get the depth control set-up from John Deere. It was completely missing. So.....about $200 later, and some time to figure it out..... I had a all the needed parts.
I bought a used John Deere # 71 planter (two 30" rows) which was rigged for a three point hitch. Not knowing much about planters......it pays to check for a few things....as I discovered. The planter I bought was missing extra change gears (spockets) to change the seed drop rate. Those are normally found inside the housing where the chain drives the press wheel....my extra sprockets were missing. I also purchased some "plates" for proper soybean planting.
I also printed a manual for the 71 planter from the Yetter site (they made the planters for JD and still make the identical units) The most expensive part was to get the depth control set-up from John Deere. It was completely missing. So.....about $200 later, and some time to figure it out..... I had a all the needed parts.